Anatomy of a talk
Intro: Sales pitch
What are you going to tell me?
Why should I care
Applications to real world
Applications to other math
History
Other people care
Interesting story
Pretty pictures
(Never say "this is really interesting because...)
Body:
Signposting
break into digestible chunks
Pauses for people to orient
Tell them what you did and what you're about to do.
Lots of reminders.
Correct level of detail
What is your audience?
What is your medium?
What do you want to _have said_ and what do you want
your audience to remember?
Math
Don't read equations
(usually) don't do algebra!
Use slides, board, etc
Write down things that people need to remember. But
not asides.
Think about layout! Organize into blocks. Don't
write "wherever".
Use pictures, diagrams, etc when they make sense.
We'll talk about slide talks later.
Reading audience
Talking to audience.
not lost in notes
body language
Conclusion:
What did you tell me?
What is my one big takeaway?